Sp Food Retail Creates 12,800 Jobs

The supermarket sector of São Paulo closed 2019 with 12,800 formal jobs created, the number is 150% higher than 2018, when 5,100 jobs were recorded. The data are from the monthly survey of the Paulista Supermarket Association (APAS) and represent the best result of the last five years for the sector. According to the entity, the state corresponds to 27% of the sector's revenues in Brazil of R$ 98 billion. Brazilian retail trade closed 2019 with 57,700 vacancies created, a number higher than the creation of the last four years combined. In the ranking by states, São Paulo leads, followed by Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.